Monthly Archives: November 2020

Forestry Practices

From oxygen production to water conservation to carbon sinks to stratospheric ozone regulation to medicines and homes for all kinds of creatures, forests are indispensable to human and animal life and must be protected. Globally, the planet has already lost … Continue reading

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Ethical Treatment Of Animals

Cruelty to animals is repugnant and criminal. The mark of a humane and civilized society lies in how we treat the least protected among us. To extend rights to other sentient, living beings is our responsibility and a mark of … Continue reading

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Water

Water is essential to all forms of life. We should call for an international declaration that water belongs to the Earth and all of its species. Water is a basic human right! The U.S. Government must lead the way in … Continue reading

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Land Use

Land use policies must promote sustainable development and respect ecology. Unlimited growth on a finite planet cannot be sustained. There is a fundamental difference between growth and development and between quantity and quality. Rather than exploiting the Earth for short-term … Continue reading

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Clean Air and Ozone Depletion

The strict, comprehensive protections of the Clean Air Act must be maintained and enhanced if we are to keep in place effective federal programs that deal with urban smog, toxic air pollution, acid rain, and ozone depletion. State and local … Continue reading

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Zero Waste: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

OUR POSITION We should shift our nation toward clean production and principles of zero waste. A waste-free society is essential to public health and the integrity and sustainability of the biosphere. Natural ecosystems are self-sustaining and generate no waste. We … Continue reading

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Transportation

Let us support a transportation policy that emphasizes the use of mass transit and alternatives to the automobile and truck for transport. We call for major public investment in mass transportation, so that such systems are cheap or free to … Continue reading

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Nuclear Issues

Source: Green Party . The Green Party Issues Index Green Party Platform on the Issues . Specific Issues Index from Creating Better World

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Energy Transition – Requirements

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Transportation System – Electrify

Our enormous investment in highways, airports, cars, buses, trucks, and aircraft is almost completely dependent on oil, and it will be significantly handicapped by higher fuel prices, and devastated by actual fuel shortages. The electrification of road-based vehicles is a … Continue reading

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